Gregor the Grogre by Glamdring

made by Glamdring for LD24 (JAM)

I started with the intention of entering the compo, but I didn't finish in time. There are still some bugs, and I didn't get to implement a lot of things I had planned. On the other hand, my dev art is probably the most amazing thing in the universe. So there's that.

Issues:
- You can't die, so don't worry about that (bonus feature! ship it!)
- You can, however, reach the end of the (small) universe and get stuck. Avoid this by advancing slanty-wise instead of straight forward, or occasionally running away.
- Once you evolve to the Adult size and evolve traits 3 times, you can't apply more (but you'll still see the evolve screen a couple more times)
- One of the later monsters will pretty much always kill you. Good thing you can't die!
- Sounds never did make it in. :(
- and many more

Tools: Unity, Orthello 2D, Photoshop CS5, Wacom tablet. Of the 4, I had never used any but photoshop. I learned a lot this weekend.

Web	http://siliconinsight.com/GregorTheGrogre.html
Source	https://github.com/brooke/grogre
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=16477

Ratings

Coolness	48%	582
Overall(Jam)	2.64	205

Fun(Jam)	2.44	200
Graphics(Jam)	2.32	229
Humor(Jam)	2.68	87
Innovation(Jam)	2.46	190
Mood(Jam)	2.22	209
Theme(Jam)	3.04	87

Feedback

Switchbreak

28. Aug 2012 · 02:34 UTC

I found some keys, some boxes, some chests. I fought some slimes and chilled a bit. Not too sure on the goal here. Good effort, though.

stevesefchick

28. Aug 2012 · 02:35 UTC

Regardless of the things you stated you couldn't finish, I still think this was pretty cool :)
I love how evolution choices stack on top of each other. Nice idea!

sfernald

28. Aug 2012 · 03:16 UTC

Wow, cute little role playing game. Simple, but kinda fun really. Certainly more fun than "questing" on zombie jombie! I wish there was more of a story to keep me wanting to move forward in the game.

johnfn

28. Aug 2012 · 03:55 UTC

That was oddly fun. Choosing different paths didn't seem to make any difference, and getting items didn't seem to do much either... but I still found this game strangely fun. With some more gameplay work this could be pretty good. Your dev art was pretty cute for being dev art ;)

2Creative

28. Aug 2012 · 04:22 UTC

I found interesting the idea of taking different directions and evolve with your character accordingly. When found some things, such as the chest, I had the feeling of having gained or lost anything, except for my life that sometimes growing and sometimes decreased.

airdeck

28. Aug 2012 · 04:56 UTC

Enjoyed the level up system. I didn't really always understand what I was evolving on my character, but I had fun neverless.

Kinokochan

28. Aug 2012 · 06:38 UTC

Love the different upgrades and your adorable dev art! My favorite character is the spiky-looking rodent enemy.

Halfway through, I realized you could pick the "You've encountered..." box and place it elsewhere on the screen. I put it in enemies' mouths and atop Gregor's beefy evolved arms, among other places. :P

Also, I'm glad Gregor can't die, or I never would have defeated any of the dragons. D:

CataclysmicKnight

29. Aug 2012 · 03:44 UTC

Very intriguing, curious to see what else could be done with this one!

darkstarmatryx

30. Aug 2012 · 00:36 UTC

Nice Entry. The art was funny, but in a good way.

thewiseguy99

30. Aug 2012 · 05:56 UTC

Cute game, fun art!

Josh @ Dreamland

08. Sep 2012 · 18:18 UTC

Can you build this natively? WINE can't help me run Unity in a browser.

codesavage

18. Sep 2012 · 00:50 UTC

Pretty impressed by the impressive number of mutations you threw in in such a short time!